Re: bool definition in include/curses.h.in

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 05:29:25PM -0500, Albert Chin wrote:
> Can we now change:
>   #if (!defined(__cplusplus) || address@hidden@) && (address@hidden@)
> to:
>   #if !defined(__cplusplus) && (address@hidden@)
> 
> If you build ncurses without a C++ compiler and with a C compiler that
> does not support a native bool type, then build a C++ app that
> includes the above header file, this breaks. You have to do the
> initial build of ncurses with a C++ compiler for the above to always
> be correct.

yes, that's been a known issue.  Since X/Open says curses.h defines bool,
and C++ defines bool, I attempt to make the types coincide.  You don't
have to _build_ ncurses with a C++ compiler, but it has to be available
for configuring.  Note that internally ncurses uses NCURSES_BOOL, but
I haven't found a good argument for making it visible in curses.h -- only
the corresponding definition of 'bool'.
 
> Do we still need to worry about GCC 2.5.8?

not really (gcc 3.[0-9] will provide enough variety)

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